Abstract
This study examined agripreneurial intentions among students in the state-owned tertiary institutions in Ondo State. The study profiled students’ perceptions of learning (SPOL), teachers’ impact (SPOT), and mentorship and explored the effects of these on their agripreneurial intentions. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze 120 students, who were randomly selected from the two Ondo state-owned tertiary institutions. A logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the effects of SPOL, SPOT, mentorship, as well as other socioeconomic characteristics, on students’ likelihood to have agripreneurial intentions. The study revealed that SPOL, SPOT & age significantly increased the likelihood of students having agripreneurial intentions, while perceptions of mentorship and the number of graduates in the family decreased it. Although the SPOL and SPOT were positive and statistically significant, the weak effects of the mean scores suggest that SPOL and SPOT should be improved upon to enhance students’ interest in agripreneurship Keywords: agripreneurial intention, labour supply, students’ perception of learning, students’ perception of teachers, mentorship. DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/12-3-01 Publication date: February 28 th 2022
Highlights
Over the decades, agricultural production in sub-SaharanAfrica (SSA) has been carried out mainly by extensive production through land expansion with minimal innovation and modern technology
1.4 Hypothesis H01: There is no significant difference between the socio-economic characteristics of those who have agripreneurial intention and those who have no agripreneurial intention H02: There is no significant difference between the perceptions of those who have agripreneurial intention and those who have no agripreneurial intention
If the sample is a true representative of the population, it implies that the proportion of both male and female in Faculty of Agriculture in OAUSTECH is equal while that of AAUA indicates more female than male students are admitted into B.Agricultural Programme
Summary
Agricultural production in sub-SaharanAfrica (SSA) has been carried out mainly by extensive production through land expansion with minimal innovation and modern technology. It is clear that majority of the farmers and actors in the industry are unable to effectively source for and efficiently use production resources (Ajibefun, 2015: 3-5) In other words, they are not able to compete favourably for the limited resources, which have alternative uses. It is important that highly skilled, productive and resourceful labour/entrepreneurs (youths) are involved in this new strategy especially when the future of African food and agricultural market is www.iiste.org expected to hit $1 trillion in 2030 (Adesina, 2018: 6-7). This is expected to have huge and positive effect on the poverty that has ravaged the sub-region for decades (World Bank, 2020)
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